To be built north of a renovated Scheman building, elevated, 120,000+ sqr. feet, $32 million dollars, adds $5 dollars to you property taxes from the city side. ISU's payment plan has not been determined, they think it's needed to make Ames/ISU competitive for conventions:
Ames Convention Center vote less than two months away | Ames Tribune
Ames Convention Center vote less than two months away | Ames Tribune